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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

My Review at 2012 Hoax

On account of some snarky comments I made about the History Channel's Apocalypse Island, I was invited to do a review about it over at 2012 Hoax.Org which was interesting. Normally I am all about speculation and the possible "What-If's" but this time I'm on the other side.

Read my scathing/entertaining review of Apocalypse Island: Pulp Fiction here. It's also cool that I am now listed beside Penn and Teller on their guest spot.

What Turner (not the infamous pirate) wants you to see.And what you get.

You know they can really mess you up by proposing their ideas first (i.e. showing the pics of the sculptures and a drawing of kitty first, then show the ridgeline.) It can play tricks in your head if things are ordered that way first. It's like...just show the ridgeline and let people decide.

Showing the kitty and head first was mny deal. I couldn't find the computer enhanced pics that they showed on the actual show. But thats what they showed you-computer enhanced pics and then they barely gave you glimpses at the real thing.

Plain stone ridgeline, weathered albeit intrestingly.

I placed the Easter island head and a crouching jaguar tattoo to show all y'all roughly what he is hoping you to see.

My bad for showing those first-because without the computer enhanced images-I didn't have the imagination to even see what the heck I was supposed too.

Fantastic review, unfortunately for me I haven't been blessed to see this miraculous piece of cinematic wonder so I'll refrain from my own commment on the show. However, I vehemently agree; History Channel has, on more than one occasion in the last few years, disappointed.

David J. West

David can’t remember a time he wasn’t writing. From
the primordial splash of a drowning
Atlantis to a pair of vigilantes' six-guns blasting raw justice in the
old west. From obsidian tipped arrows raining down on Cumorah’s slopes,
to crusaders'
broadswords sweeping over shadowy terrors, and on to the cold vacuum of
space and the birth of a new star, David is there, recording it all for
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